Central Wisconsin Airport
CWA · KCWA · Mosinee, Wisconsin · Marathon County · map
Central Wisconsin Airport is a public-use airport owned by Marathon and Portage CO, 3 miles southeast of Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1,277 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 7,724 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 27 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 13,914 takeoffs and landings a year. About 95,767 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCWA · observed 4:50 pm CDT (21:50 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.76 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:31 pm CDT (17:31 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 12 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCWA 062150Z 22011KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A2976
TAF KCWA 061731Z 0618/0718 22012G24KT P6SM BKN070 FM070200 29006KT P6SM SCT250 FM071600 28009G16KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CWA · ICAO KCWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marathon and Portage CO
- Elevation
- 1,277 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1969
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,724 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 6,501 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), building 18 ft high 960 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,629 ft available for landing
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, stack 82 ft high 2,720 ft from the end
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.75 | Cwa |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cwa and aWOS-3 | 127.45 | Cwa |
| Ground | 121.9 | Cwa |
| Mosinee and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | Cwa |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 715-693-1116.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,914, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Mosinee from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Mosinee, Wisconsin: 16 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed, high-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 preset low; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 8 and 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 8/26 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. Runway 8, 17, 26 and 35 PAPI operators continuously.
- Ext 7.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess R of centerline.
- Taxiway east north of taxiway a not available for air carrier operations; general aviation and cargo aircraft rstrd to less than 100000 pounds.
- Landing fee for aircraft prvdg commercial services.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.